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\n\"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important, what was exciting, because I can’t learn everything.\" - Richard Feynman in 1966 Hear more interview outtakes and learn more about Richard Feynman If you don’t...\n\"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important, what was exciting, because I can’t learn everything.\" - Richard Feynman in 1966 Hear more interview outtakes and learn more about Richard Feynman If you don’t really have a head for math and science, physics may be the most intimidating subject of them all. It’s space and time, the make-up of the entire universe - incredibly abstract and mind-bending stuff, and enough to make a lot of students throw in the towel. And that’s where Professor Richard Feynman really made his mark - of course he did all kinds of groundbreaking work, like his theory of quantum electrodynamics…. he proposed the parton model in the field of particle physics… was even part of the atomic bomb project. But he was also an amazing teacher, this dynamic and charismatic lecturer who made physics fun. He was one of those rare people who not only naturally understood math and science - he was actually able to make other people understand it too. And like it. Starting in 1966, science historian Charles Weiner interviewed Richard Feynman as part of a big oral history project at the American Institute of Physics. Recording hours of conversation, Weiner captured the details of Feynman’s entire career, his whole life. In those hours, Feynman talked about his earliest memories - what and who shaped the world-famous physicist - and teacher he’d later become. And most influential of all…. a man who was neither a scientist nor a mathematician - a man who didn’t even have any formal education - his dad. As part of our special series, The Experimenters -- uncovering interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation -- we found this interview with Feynman in the archives of the American Institute of Physics. Support for this series comes from PRX and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Subscribe for new episodes of Blank on Blank every other Tuesday... it's free Executive Producer David Gerlach Animator Paul Ruttledge Series Producer Amy Drozdowska Watch More Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life Temple Grandin on Her Search Engine Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance Sally Ride on Dumb Questions Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys Nina Simone on Shock Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws BB King on The Blues Elliott Smith on Freaks Robin Williams on Masks Wayne Coyne on Living with Death Maya Angelou on Con Men Bette Davis on The Sexes Michael Jackson on Godliness Jimi Hendrix on The Experience Meryl Streep on Beauty Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness David Bowie on Stardust Gene Wilder on The Truth John Lennon on Love Johnny Cash on The Gospel Heath Ledger on Role Playing Tupac on Life and Death Kurt Cobain on Identity Janis Joplin on Rejection Help us caption & translate this video!\n
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